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William Henry Lawrence Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 8th Earl Fitzwilliam, DSO (31 December 1910 – 13 May 1948), styled Viscount Milton before 1943, was a British soldier, nobleman, and peer, with a seat in the House of Lords.
When he died the titles passed to his son, the eighth Earl. The eighth Earl was Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (31 December 1910 – 13 May 1948). He was killed in an air crash in France.
William Henry Lawrence Peter “Peter” Wentworth-FitzWilliam. Birth. 31 Dec 1910. Wentworth, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. Death. 13 May 1948 (aged 37) Saint-Bauzile, Departement de l'Ardèche, Rhône-Alpes, France. Burial. Holy Trinity Churchyard.
Mar 21, 2020 · Peter Wentworth Fitzwilliam, 8th Earl Fitzwilliam (1910-1948), soldier, nobleman and peer, with a seat in the House of Lords. He was born at Wentworth Woodhouse, just over the Sheffield border with Rotherham, married Olive Dorothea Plunket in 1933, and succeeded to the earldom in 1943.
The 8th Earl Fitzwilliam, known as Peter, married Olive Dorothea Plunket (died in 1975), but his early death in a light aeroplane crash in 1948 meant that the title went back to the next nearest male descendant.
William Henry Lawrence Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 8th Earl Fitzwilliam, DSO (31 December 1910 – 13 May 1948), styled Viscount Milton before 1943, was a British soldier, nobleman, and peer, with a seat in the House of Lords. On his death, leaving no son, Fitzwilliam's peerages passed to his second cousin once removed, Eric Wentworth ...
Aug 25, 2021 · He succeeded to the title of 8th Earl Fitzwilliam, co. Tyrone [I., 1716] in 1943. He died on 13 May 1948 at age 37 at France, killed in a flying accident with his mistress Kathleen (Kennedy) Cavendish .
